
games like
Football Manager 2018
Football Manager 2018 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Simulator - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
12 games like Football Manager 2018
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - No adaptive opponent in the survival city.
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 2) - Human multiplayer adds diplomacy reads; AI is mappable
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - no reflex
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Both lean on variance about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - pausable, no reflex
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - Enemy stacks follow predictable AI scripts
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Slow real-time pace; no dexterity test.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Menu-driven combat; no mechanical skill demanded.
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 3) - Encounter rolls, catch rates and crits add mapped randomness
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Both lean on variance about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Movement is trivial; no aim or precision required.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Menu-driven, no mechanical bar
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Turn-based, no input demand
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Turn-based combat removes any physical ceiling
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- Released
- 2017
- Developer
- Sports Interactive
- Platforms
- Linux, PC, Mac
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- IGDB critics
- 75/100
- IGDB users
- 88/100